Posted by webmaster Guido on August 18, 2001
In Reply to: Re: using a datamodule posted by webmaster Guido
on August 17, 2001
Andrew has sent me a message, saying that he found this info in a series of database programming articles by the "Delphi About Guide". Since this is a well-respected source, I became curious... I tested with a Paradox table with 15,000 records, no indexes, using TTable components to which I applied several filters, and I didn't find any performance (speed) difference between a TTable in a datamodule and a TTable that is directly on the form. I repeated the tests using TQuery components and filters, with the same results. Then I repeated the comparison tests with TTable components and a Paradox table with several types of indexes, still no difference between datamodule / no datamodule. So, I can only guess why the Delphi-About-Guide advises against filters and datamodules: because it can make the programming more complicated? As in: having a dataset in a datamodule that is used by several forms, and making sure that you set or reset the filters at the correct moment? IMHO, this is purely a question of personal preferences, I can't find any technical reasons for using or not using a datamodule.
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